An Author's Guide to Self-Publishing eBooks and Books: Expert step-by-step advice on every aspect of ebook and print-on-demand paperback and hardback book production for the self-publishing author.

This revised, up-to-date (April 2022) and not-for-profit guide for self-publishing authors draws on the experiences of London’s independent ebook and pre-press print-on-demand production house and the questions most often asked by clients.

The main topics covered by discrete sections on self-publishing ebooks, and POD paperback and hardback books, include safeguarding your copyright, preparing your manuscript, formatting, how an ebook is made, typesetting, POD options, sales and distribution, calculating royalties, and promotion and publicity.

The appendices include a comprehensive directory of organisations, service providers, publications and other resources of particular interest to self-publishing authors.

John Ransley has worked as a reporter, feature writer and editor on several monthly bookstall and subscription magazines. He founded and edited Short Stories Magazine in 1980 and is a former sub-editor on Hansard, House of Commons. His published works include Chambers Dictionary of Political Biography. He formed eBook Versions in 2011.